Des Freedman, Jonathan Obar, Cheryl Martens, Robert W. McChesney (Eds.), Strategies for Media Reform: International Perspectives

Abstract

The edited volume is a breath of fresh air for the field of media policy, as it actually fulfills its promise of offering up “international perspectives.” Far too often attempts to move media policy away from North America results in edited volumes claiming “international” status for cursory inclusions of case studies from China or South America. Freedman et al. take care to include case studies from a variety of countries across the globe and, rather than including them at the end of a Western-centric volume, weave together international experiences across a number of well-chosen themes